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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2213 COCA: 1717

chest

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Related topics: Human
chest /tʃest/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC]  
1  HBHthe front part of your body between your neck and your stomach 胸部，胸膛 → breast
 Her heart was pounding in her chest.
她的心在胸口怦怦直跳。
 a hairy chest
毛茸茸的胸部
chest pain/infection/injury
 He collapsed with severe chest pains.
他胸口剧痛，昏倒在地。
→ flat-chested
2  a large strong box that you use to store things in or to move your personal possessions from one place to another 箱，大箱子
 a large wooden chest
一只大木箱
→ chest of drawers, tea chest, war chest →4  See picture of 见图 BOX →5 see picture at 见图 box1
3. get something off your chest TELLto tell someone about something that has been worrying or annoying you for a long time, so that you feel better afterwards 倾吐心中的烦恼
Examples from the Corpus
get something off your chest• People are able to get things off their chest in these meetings.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
broad
a tall man with a broad chest and shoulders
powerful
His arms were folded across his powerful chest.
muscular (=with big muscles)
His chest was tanned and muscular.
hairy
His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a hairy chest.
bare (=not covered by clothes)
The workmen all had bare chests.
bad (=one that is making you cough or giving you pain)
I'm not going running today - my chest is bad.
weak (=one that often gets infections)
As a child her chest was weak.
chest + NOUN
a chest pain
There are a number of causes of chest pain.
a chest infection
Every time I get a cold I get a chest infection too.
a chest complaint/problem (=something wrong with your chest and causing you pain)
Older people often suffer from chest complaints.
a chest injury/wound
He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
a chest X-ray (=a photograph of the inside of your chest, to see if it is healthy)
A chest X-ray showed that there was damage to his lungs.
Examples from the Corpus
chest• We use a cedar chest to keep wool blankets in.• Sizes: to fit chest sizes 34-38 or 40-46.• She could feel the pounding of his heart against her chest, and the pulse leapt under her lips.• Focusing resentfully on the dark, angular face, her heart had flipped over suddenly in her chest.• The gun is pointed at directly at his chest.• Did I care that on his chest he wore no small ribbons indicative of this medal or that yet to come?• Potter was shot in the chest.• I like looking at the clods of earth hitting their faces, covering their chests, hiding them, completing something.• Children were to sit up straight and put their chins to their chests.• a toy chest• When doing sit-ups, keep your hands crossed on your chest, rather than behind your neck.
chest pain/infection/injury• Sore muscles are not the only possibility to explain cough and chest pain.• Pathologist's reports established the cause of death as extensive chest injuries.• Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries while Mr Nolan has chest injuries.• If chest pain occurs report immediately to nearest emergency room.• I had the feeling I was disappointing him, and it filled me with a dull continuous inner chest pain.• The patient may or may not have palpitations or chest pain associated with the attack.• They include poor growth, recurrent chest infections, chronic diarrhoea and skin infections.
Origin chest
Old English cest, from Latin cista “box, basket”, from Greek kiste “basket”
chest noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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